Don’t slash spending on the Warm Homes Plan
Local community energy group Energise Sussex Coast (ESC) has joined over 50 charities, green campaign groups and housing organisations in an open letter to Treasury. ESC’s Gabriel Carlyle reports.
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Butterflies and more on the agenda at Alexandra Park greenhouse
Hear how to provide a thriving habitat for butterlies in a talk from a local expert at the Alexandra Park greenhouse next month. Other events at the community hub during June include advice on meditating while drawing and participating in Town Grown’s Edible Open Gardens event, as press officer Lynda Foy explains.
Open market information is still secret says Council. Really?
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request has again been refused by Hastings Borough Council because Open Market Valuations are – somehow – commercially confidential. The request concerns financial adjustment for affordable housing after more flats were added to the Archery Ground. Policy and guidance are consistent and clear that these viability assessments (as they are known) are to be made public. (more…)
Have your say on local government reorganisation (and the abolition of HBC)
Local government is being reorganised – did you know? Your views are sought on what shape this should take. Both Hastings Borough Council and East Sussex County Council have launched public consultations, involving online surveys, and, in HBC’s case, meetings and focus groups. Nick Terdre reports, research and graphics by Russell Hall.
Local Lib Dems add to voices deploring situation in Gaza
Increasingly voices are being raised to protest the catastrophic circumstances into which the population of Gaza has been plunged by the weeks-long Israeli armed forces’ assault on Hamas. Local Liberal Democrats have issued a statement deploring the situation and urging MP Helena Dollimore to respond. Nick Terdre reports.
Book launch to unearth the untold story of the counterculture’s farming revolution
Author Matthew Ingram will be discussing his new book The Garden: Visionary Growers and Farmers of the Counterculture at The Beacon on Thursday 5 June.
Amnesty branch calls for action on Gaza from MPs Dollimore and Mullan
The recent killing of Palestinian paramedics and the dire state of the Palestinian population under assault by Israeli armed forces has prompted Amnesty International’s Bexhill & Hastings branch to call on the local MPs to intervene with the government. Nick Terdre reports.
Byron Wallen returns to the Jazz Hastings stage
Byron Wallen, one of the most influential trumpet players and composers on the UK and world jazz scene, will be making a welcome return to Jazz Hastings with his band Four Corners Project for next month’s session on 3 June. Julian Norridge sets the scene.
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